Dissident netas, including Charanjit Channi (L), have been seeking the replacement of Amarinder Raja Warring as the Punjab Cong chief NEW DELHI: Congress is again mulling the idea of appointing a Hindu state president in Punjab amid a push from dissidents for a compromise to end the turmoil in the state unit.Well-placed sources said the…
“Here are all the lies Rahul Gandhi told during his so-called Chhatron Ki Goonj,” the site reads. NEW DELHI: With Rahul Gandhi looking to ride on the impact of his ‘Chhatron ki goonj’ initiative in his campaign against govt, a website, ‘jhooth ki goonj’, claiming to fact-check his assertions at the four editions of the…
The letter from Kharge and Rahul said govt should prepare a fresh questionnaire through consultations with parties. NEW DELHI: Terming the methodology for caste count adopted in Census 2027 “misleading” as it will not give a headcount of OBCs, leaders of opposition in Parliament, Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi, have written to PM Narendra Modi…
Flash floods in Nepal have triggered alerts in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar NEW DELHI: In view of the flash flood situation in Nepal, Union home minister Amit Shah Wednesday spoke with CMs of Bihar and UP and assured all help to border districts, including deployment of additional National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams. The administrations…
466 foreigners in untraced list Water rose 30 feet and at least 160 people were killed, while hundreds of others, including scores of Kailash Mansar-ovar pilgrims from India, remained missing after a flash flood and mudslide of unprecedented scale in Bhote Koshi and Trishuli rivers tore through a part of Nepal-Tibet border on Wednesday morning….
Number of overweight school-going kids and adolescents increased from 2% to 10% between 2000 and 2022. NEW DELHI: With obesity, particularly among children, turning out to be a major health concern and number of overweight school-going kids and adolescents increasing from 2% to 10% between 2000 and 2022, Supreme Court has indicated that the health…
‘Politically motivated, highly malicious’: India denounces UN racial discrimination committee remarks NEW DELHI: India has rejected as politically motivated and highly malicious observations made by a UN committee on the alleged targeting of minority communities and Rohingya refugees.UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination had “highlighted” in a report the increase in law enforcement…
An official said ex-mill prices increasing from Rs 48 per kg to Rs 58-60 per kg in just a few days showed that speculation and stocking were the main reasons behind the price spike. NEW DELHI: In what could improve availability of sugar in the market immediately and bring down prices, around 3-3.5 lakh tonnes…
CJI Surya Kant Wednesday said he has sought the ACJ’s response (File photo) NEW DELHI: Responding to letters written by SC judge Sandeep Mehta complaining against Rajasthan high court acting chief justice (ACJ) Sanjeev Prakash Sharma and seeking his transfer outside the state, CJI Surya Kant Wednesday said he has sought the ACJ’s response.Justice Mehta…
According to the joint statement, both sides agreed that any situation on the ground would be addressed promptly. NEW DELHI: India and China jointly announced Wednesday that the special representatives dialogue on the boundary question — co-chaired by Ajit Doval and Wang Yi this week — had led to an eight-point consensus, signalling positive progress…